Karen E. Peterson

TL;DR: In this article, the association between baseline and change in consumption of sugar-sweetened drinks (the independent variables), and difference in measures of obesity, with linear and logistic regression analyses adjusted for potentially confounding variables and clustering of results within schools.

TL;DR: In this article, Planet Health sessions were included within existing curricula using classroom teachers in 4 major subjects and physical education, focusing on decreasing television viewing, decreasing consumption of high-fat foods, increasing fruit and vegetable intake, and increasing moderate and vigorous physical activity.

TL;DR: Planet Health decreased obesity among female students, indicating a promising school-based approach to reducing obesity among youth.

TL;DR: In this article, the authors examined the relation between hours of television viewed and the prevalence of overweight in 1990, and the incidence and remission of overweight from 1986 to 1990 in a nationally representative cohort of 746 youths aged 10 to 15 years in 1990 whose mothers were 25 to 32 years old.

TL;DR: Physical activity and television viewing, but not VCR/videogames use, were related to obesity prevalence in Mexican children 9–16 y old.